Forbes Dunlop, CEO of sportscotland, delivered key #SportForLife messages in his keynote speech at this year's #ScotClubConf 9 action themes to work on e.g. recognising & improving the pressure volunteers are facing, diversifying our sport and supporting facility regeneration

Amplifying the voice of local clubs is a vital area of our work. The excellent presentation from Pentland Canoe Club has helped recognise and promote the value of clubs establishing strong relationships with stakeholders in the local community #ScotClubConf

Maciek Kornobis, Community Development Officer at Bannockburn Rugby 🔥🏉, provided an energetic presentation on the impact of community outreach & collaboration to increase, and diversify, participation in sport Magic happens when you bring people together via sport 💪 #ScotClubConf

Our #SCSYouthGroup are brilliant advocates for community and club sport. Exciting to see the outcome of their brilliant fundraiser in their Silent Auction - don't forget to place your bids! #ScotClubConf katie🥀 Natalie Sharp

Maree Todd, MSP Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing & Sport, joined us by the power of digital technology to support our Conference theme of Championing Community Sport. Grassroots sport is a powerful tool to get more people more active, more often! #ScotClubConf

Martin Turnbull from East Fife Sports Council and Bill Hogg from Fife Sports and Leisure Trust joined us in Stirling to present on how the 3 C's have led to significant improvements in club & volunteer support 💻 Communication 🔁 Continuity 💡 Creativity #ScotClubConf

So today we saw Rick Kenney chair his final Scottish Clubsport National Conference in Stirling, as a special sign off and thanks we arranged for the Red Arrows to fly over to say thanks !! In reality they just happened to be flying over Wallace Monument! Top job Rick.

Many thanks to Rick for his 12 years on our Board! We're delighted to have him as Honorary President for the next year Congratulations to Jake Smith from Aberdeenshire ClubSport for her election as Chair! She is going to 'Grasp the opportunity and learn from the experience'

🥋📽️We want to thank everyone who made this year's Gathering so special. It was our pleasure to see hundreds of passionate judoka take to the mat and learn from some of the greatest ever judo players 🌍 Thanks to the expertise of Masashi Ebinuma, Kana Ebinuma and Shohei Ono

Exactly 3 years since being awarded with an OBE for ‘Services to Judo’ by the Princess Royal at Holyrood Palace.

Olympic and world champions, European, GB and Scottish champions, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Dans! Even a Professor of Judo Education! The 2023 Gathering was exceptional!

Presented with the ClubSport Ettrick & Lauderdale Award for Special Achievement in Sport by Euan Jardine, Leader of Scottish Borders Council.

Happy World Judo Day!

Delighted to present the Scottish ClubSport Service to Sport award to Stephen Rock of Kelso FC at last night’s ClubSport Roxburgh Awards evening held at Kelso Rugby Club. A very worthy winner for everything he has achieved for the club and the local community. Well done Stephen!

Presented with this award for my 60 years in Judo by the Commonwealth Judo Association here in Malta at the Congress.

VACANCY We have extended our search for a new Finance Director to join our Board of Directors. To find out more, visit scottishclubsport.co.uk/about-us/vacan… Apply Today.

Proud to have been awarded Life Membership of Scottish ClubSport at the National conference dinner in Perth at the weekend.

Hoping we hear tomorrow that a 10 sports Glasgow Commonwealth Games will go ahead in 2026.🙏🤞🥋

2025 National Senior Examiners Conference britishjudo.org.uk/2025-national-…

Came across my old GB judo team blazer in the loft today. ‘Nearly’ fits but it’s not the 1970s under 63kgs anymore lol.